Stephanie Singer and Sheila Golden have been focused on voting systems for many years and have analyzed ways to ensure election integrity. They'll join us this month to explore the pros and cons of voting via cellphone.
Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intelligence can impact their lives, in either a harmful or an empowering way. Educator Ora Tanner saw this and rededicated her career toward promoting tech literacy and...
Imagina que tu jefe se inventara cientos de normas insignificantes y se negara a divulgarlas, pero que cada semana te descontara el sueldo en función de cuántas de esas normas rompieras. Cuando eres un creador online y tu "jefe" es una gigantesca plataforma de redes sociales, así es exactamente como...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives the state’s residents important rights regarding the personal information that businesses collect about them—information that can be used to determine what offers they receive and the prices or rates they pay, not only for products and services, but for employment, credit, housing and...
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a proposal for bringing competition and fairness back to online platform markets. It just cleared a major hurdle on the way to becoming law in the EU as the European Parliament and the Council, representing the member states, reached a political...
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) allows new messaging services to demand interoperability (the ability to exchange messages) from the internet's largest messaging services (like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage). Interoperability is an important tool to promote competition and prevent monopolists from shutting down user-empowering innovation. But...
EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow will present a keynote address for 2600 Magazine's 2022 Hackers on Planet Earth conference, A New HOPE, in New York City.
EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow is the guest of honor at Des Moines's Demicon 33 science fiction convention; his solo presentations and panels include "Computer Technology in SF," "Seize the Means of Computation," "Pay the Writer-Beyond Moar Copyrights!" and "Human Rights/Digital Rights."
EFF is excited to be a part of this year's HOPE! After being away for four years, since 2020 was virtual, we're excited to be in person for A New Hope. Be sure to stop by our booth in the expo hall to learn about the latest developments in...
The White House announced today that sixty one countries have signed the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. The high-level vision and principles expressed in the Declaration—to have a single, global network that is truly open, fosters competition, respects privacy and inclusion, and protects human rights and fundamental...
Join Alexis Hancock, Director of Engineering on Certbot at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, for a virtual presentation on using password managers and multifactor authentication to keep your accounts secure.REGISTER HEREAll Tech Week events are free SF...
School digital environments are increasingly locked down, increasingly invasive, and increasingly used for disciplinary action. This has never been more troubling than during the pandemic, with schools adopting remote proctoring and surveillance tools at alarming rates and entering students’ homes via school-issued and personal devices. As students have tried to...
Join EFF at Black Hat Briefings! After two years of being virtual, we're excited to be in person for this year's Black Hat USA. Be sure to stop by our booth on Black Hat Boulevard (Outside of the Shoreline Hall, Level 2) to learn about...
